Police seize explosives, arrests three

Bargarh, August 23 (Odisha.in) Police Thursday arrested three persons including two women and seized from them some exclusives from a village in Orissa’s Bargarh district.

Laxmi Naidu, Kamchi Naidu and Santosh Naidu were arrested from Rengali camp; about 12 kilometers from here along with 186 kilograms of ammonium nitrate 176 kilograms of gun powder and some fuse wire, in charge of Attabira police station Mihir Panda told Odisha.in.

The persons originally belong to Andhra Pradesh. They were however doing their illegal business staying at Rengali, he said.

The arrested persons have told police that they were supplying explosives for mining operations in the district.